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MFS(R) TOTAL RETURN FUND
Supplement to the Current Prospectus
The description of portfolio managers under the "Management of the Fund"
section is hereby restated as follows:
David M. Calabro, Geoffrey L. Kurinsky, Lisa B. Nurme, and Kenneth J. Enright,
each a Senior Vice President of the Adviser, - and Constantinos G. Mokas, a Vice
President of the Adviser, are the fund's portfolio managers. Mr. Calabro is the
head of this portfolio management team and a manager of the equity portion of
the portfolio. Mr. Calabro has been a portfolio manager of the fund since 1995
and has been employed in the investment management area of the Adviser since
1992. Mr. Kurinsky, the manager of the fixed income portion of the portfolio,
has been a portfolio manager of the fund since 1989 and has been employed in the
investment management area of the Adviser since 1987. Mr. Mokas, a manager of
the equity portion of the portfolio, has been a portfolio manager of the fund
since 1998, and has been employed in the investment management area of the
Adviser since 1990. Ms. Nurme, a manager of the equity portion of the portfolio,
has been a portfolio manager of the fund since 1995 and has been employed in the
investment management area of the Adviser since 1987. Mr. Enright, also a
manager of the equity portion of the portfolio, has been a portfolio manager of
the fund since 1999 and has been employed in the investment management area of
the Adviser since 1986.
The date of this Supplement is June 1, 2000.
